When Harry Met Sally...

Groundbreaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally… (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Following the relationship between its title characters, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan), and their best friends Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), the film unfolds as a series of episodes, from Harry and Sallys prickly car journey from Chicago to New York City to a momentous encounter on New Years Eve twelve years later.
Tamar Jeffers McDonalds insightful study explores how writer Nora Ephron and director Rob Reiner used structure, filmic devices, music and classic romcom concepts in innovative new ways. In her afterword to this new edition, she reflects on the movies continuing influence on the romcom genre, and its relevance in a more turbulent era, where the question at the movies heart - "Can men and women ever just be friends?" takes on fresh nuance in the age of #MeToo.